HCLE's and LO*OP Center's Founder
"Liza Loop runs LO*OP Center, Inc., a nonprofit, public benefit organization incorporated in California in 1976. Aside from being a pun on her last name, LO*OP stands for Learning Options * Open Portal. "Learning Options" was inspired by her desire to create new ways for people of all ages to learn more effectively, sometimes with the aid of computing. "Open Portal" signifies the unlocked gateway to the learning options. Of course, since choosing the name, the computing and education industries have adopted the term "open" to indicate free or low cost educational materials and software. The term "portal" did and still does refer to the mechanism for connecting to a computer in addition to its use as place from which to launch ships and other things." - IAE-Pedia
HCLE's personnel includes permanent staff, some of who are paid as consultants, volunteers who have made a long-term commitment to HCLE, short-term paid consultants and short-term volunteers.
New volunteers who have not accepted assignments of more that 60 hours are not considered staff although they play important roles in HCLE and make valuable contributions to its development and operation.
Most people involved with HCLE will be part of a Team: Administration, Database, Metadata, Data-Entry, etc. Teams will be formed as needed and dissolved if or when their function is completed.
Liza Loop
HCLE's and LO*OP Center's Founder"Liza Loop runs LO*OP Center, Inc., a nonprofit, public benefit organization incorporated in California in 1976. Aside from being a pun on her last name, LO*OP stands for Learning Options * Open Portal. "Learning Options" was inspired by her desire to create new ways for people of all ages to learn more effectively, sometimes with the aid of computing. "Open Portal" signifies the unlocked gateway to the learning options. Of course, since choosing the name, the computing and education industries have adopted the term "open" to indicate free or low cost educational materials and software. The term "portal" did and still does refer to the mechanism for connecting to a computer in addition to its use as place from which to launch ships and other things." - IAE-Pedia
Staff
HCLE's personnel includes permanent staff, some of who are paid as consultants, volunteers who have made a long-term commitment to HCLE, short-term paid consultants and short-term volunteers.Volunteering
New volunteers who have not accepted assignments of more that 60 hours are not considered staff although they play important roles in HCLE and make valuable contributions to its development and operation.Volunteers Pages
Intern Pages
Contributors
People who donate time, expertise, artifacts or money but are not involved in operations are called Contributors.Kinds of contributors
Financial contributions
Collaborating
Individuals who help HCLE but work for other institutions are referred to as Collaborators.Physical Museums
Virtual Museums
Events
Online Museum Working Group
HCLE Consortium
Teams
Most people involved with HCLE will be part of a Team: Administration, Database, Metadata, Data-Entry, etc. Teams will be formed as needed and dissolved if or when their function is completed.